I certainly cannot understand where Essa is coming from. Tribalism? There is
nothing wrong with speaking in one's language.
On the Jammeh and opposition issue, I cannot understand why most Gambians
will rathertalk about getting Jammeh out when the opposition is being
discussed. Come on. Let us be realistic about the issues. Jammeh is guilty
of a lot of things, but the opposition needs to be equally scrutinized.
I have seen that Yama Darboe wrote that we should not pit one opposition
against the other, but Ms. Darboe remember that they need to be scrutinized
too. When Darboe was a private Lawyer, Bah a hotel entrepeneur and Sallah a
mere civil servant, no one scrutinized them. And if my recollections are
right, Mr. Darboe was the Attorney for both Gamtel and GPTC paid monthly. No
one went after him for that.
People in politics need to know that everything they say or do will be
cheked out.
I am sorry if the opposition is not ready for that. That is not pitting
their heads either. As the PPP used to say in Mandinka; "So So laa so".
Politics discriminates, politicking does not.

Lamin Ceesay.




>From: Kanja Darboe <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: Mr. H. Sallah
>Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 20:36:58 -0000
>
>Lasana, I agree with you wholeheartly... what some of these people do not
>understand or conviently refuse to acknowledge is that a large population
>of
>the Gambians in New York do not speak English and having all three speakers
>speak in one of the languages that will be understood by the majority that
>attended the meeting was very appropraite.  Mr. Banna who reported on the
>New York Meeting reported that a fellow at the meeting spoke in sarahule so
>I am not sure why we are spending time scrutinizig what language someone
>spoke in.  We have a bigger enemy to bring down come October, the beast
>himself.. Yahya A.J.J. with his many titles.  If one wants to critize the
>UDP of been tribalist, just look at the party hierarchy and that speaks
>volumes of the party ... we can't be pitting one opposition against the
>other because all that creates is room for Yahya to enslave us for the next
>five years.  So let's get our act together and get this moron out of there
>rather than all of us been acting like political analyst and not offering
>solutions. Have a good weekend!
>Yama
>
>>From: Lasana Jorbateh <[log in to unmask]>
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>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: Mr. H. Sallah
>>Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 14:34:54 EDT
>>
>>ELOW WALE
>>                    PLEASE GIVE ME A BREAK ! WHO IS A TRIBALIST ? ONE WHO
>>SPEAKS IN HIS MOTHER TONGUE?
>>                     THE UDP DELEGATION SPOKE IN THREE GAMBIAN LANGUAGES -
>>MANDINKA,WOLLOF AND AKU-
>>                     CAN YOU NAME ONE PERSON WHO CANNOT COMMUNICATE IN ANY
>>OF
>>THOSE THREE      LANGUAGES AT THAT MEETING ? OR DO YOU HATE TO HEAR ANY
>>ONE
>>SPEAK IN MANDINKA ? PERHAPS YOU ARE THE TRIBALIST ITSELF. ALSO BEAR IN
>>MIND
>>THAT THE UDP LIKE IN THE 96 GENERAL ELECTIONS WILL SPONSOR CANDIDATES IN
>>ALL
>>THE CONSTITUENCIES IN THE GAMBIA ; NOT JUST A FEW. THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF
>>MONEY NOT TALK OF OTHER FINANCIAL OBLIGATION REQUIRED TO DEFEAT THE
>>DICTATOR .
>>
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